1 job, huh?

Gee- I guess he IS always trying to 'best' Mr Speaker.

Feisty,

So he's white, what's the big deal?

dbo: 1 job, huh?

That's the goal, but Obama didn't say anything about a plan for achieving it. Obama always talks big you know, but fails to deliver.

Nasty Redhead: I know you hate people named Joe, but, isn't $117 a little bit petty to get your lefty liberal panties all twisted up in knots??

OMG! Thanks for the catch Joey!

It should read $117,000.00

Thanks buddy!

Romney said:

"I haven't seen his, but I saw version one, two, three, four and five of his jobs plan and last month it came out with zero new jobs," Romney said, referencing today's newest employment statistics, which had the U.S. unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1% and a net-zero number of jobs created."

How Does Romney know what's in the Presidents jobs plan? He never saw a version and he is a Damm liar. For a version to work, it would have to have been a law associated with it.

Does he think the Republican-Tea Potty people are stupid? They are stupid, but still.

"... always talks big you know, but fails to deliver."

Yes, I see. There's a lot of that going around in DC now.

What an AWESOME interview! Martin's not very bright but he gave Smokin' Joe some airtime...lol Unfortunately, it was on MSNBC which means that only Crusty and I seen the interview.

And how professional of the "Main Stream Media" to get pissy at the interviewee...lmao...loon

Lean Forward!...lmao

The Video is available. Walsh and his Republican-Tea Potty dead beat values. Screw the kids out of their support.

Feisty,

How about a Bears, Cubs, Bulls or White sox game next month? I will be in the Windy City.

Romney's job's plan will be:

1. Cut taxes for the rich.

2. No revenues from the super-rich to balance the budget nohow.

3. Deregulate. Villify all regulations.

4. Lower the minimum wage.

5. Cut more government jobs (Republican Governors already cut 500,000 of them.)

Romney is a Mormon. Republicans will peck you to death. No chance!

Sorry Man! It is what it is!

They see Perry as the bright light.

Republicans? The pyramid is crumbling? Back to taxes and regulations. Back to conservative vs. Liberal. What can your money buy?

Education, Innovation, and a flowing economy! Don't forget about the infrastructure.

Lower taxes and deregulation will only spur more corruption. YEAH!

Lawlessness for them and more laws for you.

Corporate America = Modernday Slavery

Americans won't stand for it.

I hate Repubs...I hate Democrats..I hate Independents..I hate politics but I love America even if it is or isnt f'ed up

How about a Bears, Cubs, Bulls or White sox game next month? I will be in the Windy City.

Sorry Pengie - I have a root canal appointment, I'm looking forward to... ;o)

FirsteHarmonyRead.....OMG...I am laughing waaay too effin' hard!

Lean Forward!

Backhouse, you left out 6. Encourage corporations to offshore early and often, just like the good old days. It is Mitt's area of expertise, after all.

Ok, whats your plan Romney? All I see is hot air and typical lies from the Teabaggers, I don't see any plan for jobs.

Oh speaking of evil Teabaggers, where are those jobs you promised us back before the November elections? I haven't seen anything from the Republican'ts, Party of No, and Teabaggers except one thing... It seems that the only thing the Republican'ts and Teabaggers are doing is attacking Obama and nothing else.

So, Teabaggers, is your adjenda to attack Obama no matter who suffers?

Ladies and Gentlemen we have seen that the Teabaggers have lied about them wanting to make jobs number one. We have seen this first hand with the Traitor John "Crybaby" Boehner refusing a request from a President of the United States for a joint session of Congress to address getting jobs. This refusal is the first in the history of this nation its dispictable and its treason. It also shows that Cantor, Boehner and Ryan hate the citizens and do not want to do anything except make sure that Obama is a one term president.

In 2012 lets vote everyone of these lying Teabaggers out of office.

And thats my Opinion...

I don't care what side of the fence you're on, what is the politician in Washington doing or not doing to "deliver you a job"? What a joke.

Seriously, grow the eff up, get off your ass and make it. There is NO WAY in hell I'd be waiting for some jerk-off politician in DC (D or R) to do something about MY lifes outcome.

Unless you're some sort charity case, STFU and make a difference.

Love Mike

P.S. Lean Forward!

Romney has experience with job creation and fixing big messes. Obama has experience in making messes.

I think I would rather have Romney in the drivers seat. As to the Tea Party reference, Romney is no Tea Party guy, he is a moderate and always has been one.

There are things I do not like about Romney, but I applaud him as he has a record of both success and failure, of changing positions as he learns from mistakes, etc...

Obama has none of this other than making outlandish claims that prove to be lies, and an absence of any leadership qualities. His most redeeming feature is that he dresses well.

Romney's plan will restructure the economy right into depression.

Yup, as if we didn't have it bad enough under GWB's plan. These republican's are laughable, but you have to give them credit, they always repackage their SH$$ and peddle it as the next miracle elixir, just like the Texas Mirage, uh I mean miracle.

These republican's are laughable, but you have to give them credit, they always repackage their SH$$ and peddle it as the next miracle elixir

You mean like when the Liberal loons "repackaged" their identy to "the progressives" in '08?....lol

Lean Forward

The Romney Plan: Cut corporate taxes. Destroy labor unions. Provide millions of jobs at the pay levels of Chinese Industry. End all government regulations on everything with an emphasis on ending OSHA, the NLRB and all regulation of Wall St. Kill the EPA, kill FEMA, cripple the SEC and end all regulations over the insurance industry. Privatize (and thus destroy) Social Security and Medicare. Privatize the Military. Destroy Public Education. And of course suck Grover Norquist's testicles. And then...cut corporate taxes even further. Good luck with that America. BTW Perry's plan is the same except add the teaching of creationism in our public schools, the deportations of all Muslims, and end end all campaign financing restricions. Oh yeah, and cut corporate taxes and increase subsidies to the oil industry.

thats a great plan Mitt has ... re do the bush years ..that worked out well ...

Bluelake

Ditto

Except you forgot Perry is going to lead us to the rapture with his election and with the church taking over our government, all for the good of us liberal sinners.

lmao...... I can Imagine the horrors of going on a date with Feisty! As I said before a Phillipino hooker would be more fun! Smooch !

Republican weight loss program:

Cut off reproductive organs.

Cut off toes.

Cut off fingers.

There. Now I can't work, walk, or reproduce. BUT I LOST WEIGHT!!!

2. No revenues from the super-rich to balance the budget nohow.

the last numbers I saw were that we will have a 1.4 Trillion deficit this year.....so you think that you can tax the ultra rich for 1.4T? good luck with that endeavor. if you try to tax them that hard they will move their money out of country.....maybe ask New York how that worked for them.

So back to the subject. The exact WRONG thing to do at this moment is to completely restructure our economy (per Romney). Our economy is extremely fragile. If there is anything we should have learned by now is that we don't know what we think we know about our economy. So we need to recover in a way we know works... say to stable Clinton time, then make gradual and measured changes as needed.

"I have a plan that will work but I can't tell anybody." Good luck there, that will get you a lot of votes I'm sure.

"I will make business taxes competitive with other nations, eliminate burdensome regulations and bureaucracy, and support America’s workers instead of its union bosses."=============== I will cut taxes on the corporate wealthy to 0 ("job creators"hehe), deregulate, deregulate, deregulate and get rid of all agencies that protect american consumers and workers, bust all unions, eliminate the minimum wage and all labor laws. sounds like he wants to finish what reagan started 30 years ago, the elimination of the middleclass.

Larry Kudlow finacial analyst summarised the various steps that would bring the business community and the consumer back to the table. The greatest impediment to recovery: uncertainty over new regulations and the direction of Dodd/Frank financial regulations, you liberals laugh at the rich when they can't get a strait answer out of this POTUS but now that there are zero new jobs maybe you should stop laughing and start listening. This POTUS has no clue so far about what makes business work and thats who creates jobs. Untill this government learns how to "get out of the way" the business world is not going to risk their hard earned capital on jobs. I know that you socialists are foaming at the mouth angry because your hero doesn't seem to have an "easy" button to push that starts the money flowing again but thats what happens when your fat asses have been sitting on the easy button so long, you wore it out!!!

"I will make business taxes competitive with other nations, eliminate burdensome regulations and bureaucracy, and support America’s workers instead of its union bosses."

That sounds like a good start.

In Obama's first year in office (2009), the Democratic Congress and President passed a record 81,000 pages of new rules and regulations. It would take a small business owner over 3 years, reading 8 hours a day, five days a week, just to read those new regulations to make sure they were in compliance - leaving no time to run their business.

And people wonder why businesses are not hiring?

Roy I get your point, but that doesn't mean you stop regulations.

If we just put people behind bars that do things that hurt other people! If we treated the business community with the same standards as ever day joes.

Equality for whom?

I want to be able to go hunting and shoot a deer anytime I want but if everybody did this we wouldn't have deer to hunt.

I just have to weigh in for a second on the Pratical Libertarian (oxymoron) stance. Democrats got the legislative branch in '07. Due to a little hitch built into the Constitution, controlling congress doesn't mean you can pass laws. The president can still veto. Even when congress tried to extend heathcare to poor children, Bush vetoed it. Congress tried to over turn the veto. The failed, because the democrats (and many republicans) couldn't make a 2/3s majority. Little children suffered until President Obama came in.

So forget '07-'08: It's a straw man, a shell, a misrepresentation of reality.

So, When we got a President with good ideas, we failed to get a filibuster proof majority in the senate. Result? All those good ideas got blocked by the party of 'sit on our butts while the country burns' or had to be watered down into uselessness to be passed. Either way, the PEOPLE STOPPING CHANGE ARE THE REPUBLICANS.

Fact, not fiction, like you people keep sloshing out.

Cavalier

Are you talking bout this---

President Bush yesterday vetoed a $35 billion expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, a move that left him as politically isolated as he has ever been and had even Republican allies questioning his hard-line strategy.

Bush advisers said they remain hopeful that they can secure an extension of the 10-year-old program with a lower price tag, saying they want to open negotiations soon.

But House Democratic leaders signaled they are not yet ready to bargain. They have delayed until Oct. 18 a vote to override the veto, in hopes that a grass-roots campaign by health-policy advocates and a barrage of television and radio advertisements will win over the 15 or so Republicans they will need to overcome Bush's opposition.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100300116.html

It appears Bush thought it was to expensive and was trying to get the Democrats to COMPROMISE!!

"My plan radically restructures the American economy......"

Hey Mr. Romney.........your back stabbing party of "NO" along with your corporate buddies and Cement Headed Tea baggers, have already "radically restructured" the American economy. You ass holes have slowly but methodically KILLED the Middle Class in this country. Your outsourcing; lop sided trade deals and self serving deal making with your Congressional Friends has absolutely ruined this country.

Oh.......by the way.....how's that new home building project going anyway? You probably need the extra space to store that 250 million dollar net worth......GOD BLESS YOU Mr. Romney. I know he will.

I don't know, Joe Walsh can play some mean guitar!

Radically change? How about telling your party to quit obstructing what has been working since the county's inception?

With over 500 congressmen to deal with, how does one "radically" change anything?

slodon:

Facts always kill the Democrats. Good post!

Homer Adams

"slodon:

Our made up and spun "facts" always kill the Democrats. Good post!"

There I fixed it for you buddy.

MDB123 "Roy I get your point, but that doesn't mean you stop regulations."

No - we need good regulations, but liberals use regulations to block businesses and jobs, not to protect people.

What we need when new regulations are proposed (and old regulations are reviewed) is an "Economic Impact Report" which balances the cost of regulations against their benefits. Right now, laws and regulations are written so that they may result in very little benefits but could result in huge extra costs - which environmentalists then use to file endless lawsuits - which lawyers love.

A good example is the EPA, which has the legal authority to actually shut down the entire economy and effectively outlaw the use of fossil fuels - even to heat their homes. They wouldn't dare for political reasons, but giving that authority to political appointees is scary, and the EPA HAS threatened to take a big step in that direction if they don't get 'global warming' legislation to their liking.

Please tell me what regulations killed jobs? That's another GOP canard, just like Mcconnell saying, "everybody knows higher taxes kill jobs". I was the CFO of several successful companies over a 25 year period, and I don't know it. In fact, it's an urban legend that the Republicans and the ATR pledge signers have elevated to "fact" status. but it's an outright lie. sometimes local taxes will cause businesses to move andthus eliminate jobs o one area to be replaced by new jobs in the new area. The ATR believes that any loss of a deduction that results in a corporation paying higher taxes is a tax increase that destroys jobs. Someone please explain to me why jobs would be lost if a company that has its own corporate jet lost part or all of the deductions of the cost of that jet. We are being lied to by a bunch of people who couldn't pass a Freshman Economics course at any college in this country.

BTW, Roy, how do you think the management team of the EPA should be determined? And, do you believe in global warming? Have you read any of the published reports by the scientific community that show the data that leads the scientific community to the conclusion that global warming has and is occurring. For instance, scientists have the ability to measure CO2 concentrations around the world, and there is a lot more CO2 in the atmosphere today that there was 30 or 40 years ago. And it is a scientifically observed phenomenon that CO2 in the atmosphere traps heat. So, in my judgment, having an organization like the EPA is a good idea.

And I don't agree with your Economic Impact report idea. I've been making business forecasts for over 40 years, and the "science" of making these kinds Economic Impact projections is way behind the science that drives global warming conclusions.And if you had ever lived near an oil refinery, you would understand why some polluting facilities should be forced to reduce pollution or shut down .

Also, a lot of public companies complain about the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, because it's difficult and expensive to comply with. But, I know personally that the rules imposed by that Act are beneficial to the investing public, because it makes public companies prove they have effective financial controls, something that a lot of Enron or Worldcom investors would have benefitted from, had the law been in effect

Romney was telling Florida Hispanic Republicans what they want to hear because he needs to win that primary to compete with the delegate advantage Perry has in Texas. The sparring that is going on is all about strategy because Florida has a winner-take-all primary with 99 delegates at stake. Perry can expect to get Texas' 152 delegates although the rules are proportionally assigned if this, winner-take-all if that.

Then there's California: 172 delegates, winner take all. In 2008 Perry endorsed Rudy Giuliani, the thrice married, cross-dressing, gay pride parader. So how helpful will a Schwarzenegger endorsement be? California seems like a toss-up, but it seems like Romney has to go all out for Florida if he wants to stay in the game. After that, Romney can/will change his tune depending on the dance.

Perhaps voters should keep in mind that this country is in a mell-of-a hess because our last Prez with business experience was the first with a Masters Degree in Business Administration and had been the Governor from the great state of Texas. Obama should be remembered as the guy who stabilized a financial crisis and kept the big three auto makers from closing their doors, a move that saved jobs in many communities across the country - keeping dealers open on Main St. In addition, he has encouraged alternative fuels that suggests a vision for future development - necessary when mature companies shipped hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas and America is struggling because start-up companies don't have the need for the number who have lost jobs.

This time I'm sticking with the guy who began his career rolling up his sleeves for those who needed help; he has provided the guidance, in spite of boisterous opposition, to keep the country stable. And although it's tough to see the difficulties so many people face, I know the GOP will drastically change the quality of our lives with wealthy, corporate rules that will add to their wealth and hurt the general welfare in terms of health, safety, and the environment while instituting heavy handed rules about families, women's health, minority acceptance and democratic values of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

Okay, I'm no rocket scientist, but when I read that hundreds of jobs were lost, and thousands were gained, I did the math. I'd rather have thousands made.

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Georgie Boy Bush was to business acumen what potato chips are to food. Every business concern he touched turned belly up or went downhill. If his last name had not been Bush he would gone to some small community junior college and ended up selling livestock insurance.

UH, Drive by, is this really where you want to go?

Cause if you do, then let's play. You started so I'll note Obama's rock solid consistency.

1. Debt Ceilig '06 it was horribly, terribly irresponsible to raise it, and a failure of leader ship. Of course YOU of all people know what his current position is.

2. Gitmo - must close that place asap in 2008. Now not so much.

Your turn big guy - hit me with another example of Romney [a politician like Obama] saying things that are a tad inconsistent.

Ah Mitt, consistently inconsistent.

And Spanky, the article is about good ole Mitt. When they do one about Obama's inconsistencies, (and they are legion), hell, I'll be right there with ya.

But there is a reason Mitt lives with this stereotype. Just wait 5 minutes and his story changes.

I hear you Indy - but I guess I'm just surprised at all the interest.

Dude is a politician. All politicians say whatever they have to at that moment.

Romney does it, Obama does it, so why is this an issue?

Would you agree Obama is consistently inconsistent?

Best case in point is the classic Clinton line, given while under oath no less "depends what the definition is 'is' is."

Besides it's Friday, a holiday weekend and I'm just joshing with my buddy Drive By.

Listen you all have a great weekend. I got a 4 hour drive and a bunch of river skank and Natty Lights waiting for me in the 120 degree heat.

Classic.

Spanky- story wasn't about Obama. Story was about Romney.

I could get behind some 120 degree heat. I love the stuff. But them diet beers just don't cut it.

Play safe, 'counserlor'.

Ick, light beer; positive proof that Satan exists.

Yep- everyting you hated in a beer, and less.

"The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the nation shed 524,000 in Dec. 2008 alone. Nearly 2.6 million jobs from December 2007 to Jan. 2009. The total loss of over 1.5 million jobs in the fourth quarter of 2008-a 1.1% drop in employment-is the largest quarterly loss as a percentage of employment since the first quarter of 1975." The Economist

I know you all just hate to have the prior administration mentioned but the fact remains that this is what President Obama walked in to on day one. Even if there had been absolutely no jobs created or saved and the sum total was zero jobs, it would still be better than the fine example of job growth under a Republican president as shown above.

Just one job gained is better than 500,000 lost even in the right wing fantasy world.

You can't have it both ways. Either Congress is in charge, or the President is.

Congress clearly spends the money. Congress writes the laws.

Guess what happened in 2007? Democrats took complete control of Congress.

Jobs began to disappear in 2008.... Hmmmmmm

On top of that, Obama claimed that he had the answers, knew exactly what he was getting himself into, and would create a NEW TONE in DC. He knew how dysfunctional DC was. He had the answer to jobs. He said all of these things. And he was wrong, and has spent 3 years blaming everyone else, like a little toddler.

I guess there is more than one way to spin the truth in the left wing fantasy world.

Wow PL, you appear to be in your own little fantasy world too. The republican's had it in for the president from day one. You can't piss on a man's back and tell him its raining. The republicans have been doing that to the country since Reagan. Morning in America my %$$. Reagan spent like a drunken sailor to get out of the recession under his first term - give me a break...

"Libertarian" - Jobs started disappearing shortly after Bush Jr. took office, and "boosting the economy" was the excuse Bush gave for his tax cut proposals. But the economy didn't "boost", just the incomes of the extremely wealthy. Job losses actually accelerated well before 2007, with the peak rate of job losses happening in the last year of the Bush Jr administration, and after Obama and the Democrats took control, the rate of job losses fell, then actually reversed slightly with some gains. The result is the infamous "Bikini Graph".

Obama isn't perfect, no President ever is. But he's done a better job than his predecessor.

Spanky-

I love your comparison of Obama's policy outcomes, complex and subject to interference from all sides, to Romney's "comments" over a period of days... LOL.

I'll be you don't see the difference either, do you? Why are you so dishonest?

LMAO... Stop do you know any lawyers? I love spanky.......but he is a Lawyer and mind you more than likely a fun guy to get drunk with!

LMAO... Stop do you know any lawyers? I love spanky.......but he is a Lawyer and mind you more than likely a fun guy to get drunk with!

LOL. That leaves us with 2 possibilities:

a) he's a really bad lawyer (plenty of them out there and mostly dishonest)

b) he's dishonest (that much more probable because he's a lawyer)

Which of these do you think?

Oh, and Obama is a lawyer too and didn't he just do the whole "beer" thing? So, by your standard.... LOL.

Please don't say you're a lawyer because you're not very smart based on this most recent comment.

a

You know a few years ago, if any politician brought up the topic of doing away with or cutting back the big three of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, they would be run out of office in no time.

Now, all of a sudden, you see the leaders in the Republican-Tea Potty openly preaching that these programs are bad and they want to end then as we know them.

Of course the latest has been the Tea Potty Golden Boy Marco Rubio, and his commits at the Reagan Library, slamming the big three and the people receiving in such programs.

Then he started crying when Rachel and Ed called him out.

I dare Rubio and the rest of the lying hacks to touch any of them.

Remember, clean up American and vote to throw this Republican-Tea Potty trash out.

Daryl,

Little bitter?

Andrew Cuomo 2016

You guys can't be from here, or you don't know Andy...

Better than the current crop of candidates - but he isn't running, and he'd never get past the teaparty in the primaries.

I think you may be on to something.

What, so worried about President Obama that you need to replace him for the election? Too funny after all the conservative blowhard lies about how a broomstick could beat Obama.

Chris Christie the obese blow hard bully would have a heart attach if he had to withstand the pressure of the Oval office.

Christie - the guy that cut thousands of state level jobs, but found the funds to take a state owned helicopter to a little league game - and a state owned limousine to take him a hundred yards from the helipad to the stadium because he was too lazy to walk.

Chris Cristie 2012? How about Chris Cristie The Biggest Loser? (I'm sorry I dont watch it but isn't that a reality show about really fat people trying to lose weight?)

Tim, Seattle

Hillary 2012 "I Told You So!"

Hillary 2008- im a LOSER

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Really?

Obama approval

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

Hillary approval

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Approval Rating Near Career All-Time High
Hillary Clinton Favorable Near Her All-Time High

Secretary leads the president and vice president in popular appeal

Will Hillary run for 2012? Poll shows 68% approval rating among Americans
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Hillary Clinton now most popular figure in Obama administration
John Phillips: Why Hillary Clinton must run in 2012

With Approval Ratings In The 60s, Hillary Clinton Is Our Most Popular Living Politician.

http://www.google.com/search?q=hillary+clinton+approval+rating+2011&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Globe-trotting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in Hungary this week urging greater democratic freedoms, remains the most well-known and well-liked member of President Obama’s Cabinet among voters back at home. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters regard her at least somewhat favorably. This finding includes 23% who share a Very Favorable opinion of Clinton.

Hillary 2012...

I think she will run as an independent in 2012, she does not want to live under the same roof with Bill.

She says she's done. I believe her.

Hillary 2016. No way she runs before that. Last thing dems need is a messy primary. Let's just get out the popcorn and watch teapubs go after each other.

dontgivemethepenguin

Don't give me the BS...

Hillary would never leave the Democratic party, as loyalty actually matters to some people.

Their marriage SURVIVED and thrives, unlike so many others and is the epitome of Christian forgiveness in marital fidelity...much to your chagrin I'm sure, as evidenced by the stale insult.

Infidelity was the only "crime" the right was able to smear President Clinton with, despite a 6 year multimillion dollar witch-hunt.

Hillary would be a welcome change. She is smart, strong, and actually knows how to put a deal together. She has many more years of experience than the tool currently in the White House.

The Democrats don't have the stones to admit they messed up, but if they did, Hillary would win in 2012.

This, from a conservative libertarian. Hey, the truth is the truth. As much as I like the wild west attitude of Rick Perry, if it were him or her, I'd vote for her.

Hillary Clinton ran a terrible campaign in 2008, she is still trying to pay off her debt. Yes, she has done a good job as Secretary of State however, if you think for one moment that she has the power to make any individual decisions, you need to think again.

I'd like to see Hillary on the Supreme Court. Smart as a whip and fair minded.

I'd like to see Hillary on the Supreme Court. Smart as a whip and fair minded.

That is a EXCELLENT idea!

Get rid of Uncle Tom Clarence & his tea bagging wife Ginny!

Rustyboy-FL...probably not the first time Hillary has been associated with a whip !

What industries have burdensome regulations? ALL OF THEM

It's a nice try by Romney but he will not get the nomination. We don't need a Republican liberal trying to pretend he's conservative.

Our next president, President Perry will be a genuine small government President.

Republican LIBERAL?? LOL!!! Now that thar is funny!! (Your fringe right winger can't win a national election...enjoy his few moments of attention.)

Larry.... Goodness man, what have you been smoking. The Repubs will never give him the nomination. As soon as the vet him they'll drop him like a hot potato.

Obama is more of a republican than Reagan was, that is how far right our politics are skewed.

@ Larry Robinson. Evidently you have no knowledge of Rick Perry. The man is an outright scumbag. He won his last election with 39% of the votes. The slimiest thing that he and his buddy, Kinky Freidman did was to rig the election. Good buddy Kinky got into the race for the sole purpose of splitting the votes. There is a mountain of information about Perry on the internet. For starters try googling "Rick Perry Bilderberg Istanbul, Turkey". We here in Texas refer to him as being "all hat and no cattle". 61% of the voters did not vote for him.

We need a "small government president"? This is 2011 and the U.S. has 300+ million people to govern, not to mention our obligations to our allies overseas. It's no longer 1776, with an agricultural economy. Small government means the end of the U.S. these days. Corporations can't possibly (and won't) take the place of what government provides now. Corporations and government are apples and oranges and that's the way it should be. What's wrong with you people?

I don't like Democrats because they are cowards and can't make up their minds. But I'd rather vote for them than vote for the criminal traitors trying to resurrect the confederacy that Reagan handed the Republicans over to.

I totally agree. I am an Independent who voted for Anderson, then Reagan, then Bush Sr, but then I did like Clinton and voted for him and after that the republicans became out of control and I can't stand them. Huntsman is ok, but look how unpopular he is with the teabags. I think current republicans are awful and their policies disastrous for the country.

Perry seems way short on principles. It's likely he prays that no one finds out his past. Yep, he backed Al Gore. And in 2008 he endorsed Rudy Guiliani the model of right-wing conservationism. We know that Rove was "Bush's brain." So who plays that role for Perry? Perry's fire and brimstone preaching attracts the Christian conservative of a century ago, paid for by the fat cats who benefit from the laws Perry has pushed through. With Perry we can expect low-wage jobs, increased pollution, poorer health, less medical assistance and poorer education. What a loser!

Your translations of Mitt's blurbbettes are right on the mark.

Because liberals have real challenges fighting their mental disorder, they cannot wrap their challenged minds around the fact that conservatives and their families like to breath clean air and drink clean water.

Nor can liberals fathom how surrendering your liberty to marxist unionism is anti-American. If Americans actually believed in unionism like these leftists do, we'd see higher union participation in this country. Fortunately most Americans have more interest in personal liberty and their freedom to negotiate their own agreements with employers. And the market place of opportunities bears little resemblance to the 1940's that the liberals are stuck in.

Larry I believe you are one of those "like minded" people I mentioned in my post, you and Mitt have a good trip.

w bush

I don't support nor would I vote for Romney- he's a liberal Republican

I have spent decades fighting the scourge of unionism after I learned the hard way (spent 5 years in the Teamsters and 3 in the UAW) what a bunch of corrupt marxists they are.

Fortunately, most Americans seem to share my views as unionism continues to disappear in this country and hopefully will be gone in the next decade. Unionism is anti-American, anti-liberty

Unionism is anti-American, anti-liberty

Bring on the serfdom, we can all be vassals of the plutocracy. Get ready to bend over as the corporate elite take over and force us all into indentured servitude.

c'mon, this nonsense about serfdom and plutocracy is beyond silly. Union bosses are known for corruption. It's not arguable.

There are more unfilled six-figure jobs currently available than at any time in history. American business is getting better and better at what they do.

Jobs are shifting again, big time, into brain work. So we need to train kids and re-train adults - how about we focus on that and not on ridiculous lies about serfdom?

Even the standard of living for our poor is off the charts. The argument in the US poor household is more about what cable channel to watch, not where will the next meal come from.

Yes, our poor should be starving, not have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of. How dare they have a cable channel (even though in most rural areas that is the only way you can get any tv at all since they did away with analog).

You don't think we are becoming a plutocracy? Look it up, we most certainly are. I'm not saying some union bosses aren't corrupt. The union my husband used to belong to was not, it was very beneficial to us and those were our best years. The wealth disparity is very real, and getting worse (especially under republican policies). I may have used dramatic words, but the point I make is real and true. Are you content with our current distribution of income and wealth?

Was it just a coincidence Burger King retired the creepy plastic head mascot? lol

I think Romney and the creepy "Burger King" are one in the same.

So he tells you that he will reveal his jobs plan two days before Obama's speech, and you criticize that he hasn't told you the plan yet?

More silliness from the lefties - how about your idiot? He's actually been on the job more than 2.5 years, and claimed his #1 priority was jobs.

If this is the result of your guy, I'll take Romney, hell, I'll take that loon Palin over the idiot in the White House, as he has proven that he is completely and utterly incompetent.

I guess you missed his little job with the Olympics?

He has actual proven success, vs Obama's actual proven failures.

Right...let's get a bunch of people in there who can't even find the bathrooms, let alone know how to run anything, fix anything, or how to get legisaltion passed. "throw the bums out' sounds great, but isn't much of a real strategy.

At least we'll have better health care there. Yours will still suck. It will suck even worse if the conservative trolls get all the power back.

I like Canada, they care about the people. I have spent a bit of time sailing in Canada, good people.

Unlike in America, a group of 911 first responders went to Cuba to get the health care they were denied here in America. The Cubans treated them like heroes and sent them home with bags of expensive medicine.

But here in America it is rich first, country last brought to us by the republican tea party pledge to Norquist.

Oh please, you judge more harshly some rookies after a few months than you do career liberals after 4 years of Congressional control and clear proven unmitigated disaster?

Ding dong, ding dong....

Anybody see any jobs yet?

I see social re-engineering, but I don't see any jobs yet.

Yeah I saw some abortion bills from the Tealiban. No jobs bills.

Oh wait they filibustered 4 jobs bills just since January that's right.

bi-partisanship (aka surrendering your principles) is what put us in this mess. For the last 80 years the Republicans became the party of compromise to Democrat socialism until they became nearly as bad as the Democrats at bankrupting this country.

We in the Tea Party put them on notice to either return to following the Constitution and fiscally responsible govt or we will get rid of all of you.

Um, Larry....there are about 55 million Republicans and about 72 million Democrats. There are some 36 million Independents, the majority of whom say they "lean Democrat". 85 % of Tea Party members say they are registered Republicans or leaning Republican and they amount to about 20% of the Republican Party.

I'll give you just a moment to read that again while I keep my copy of the US Constitution very safe, right where it is, away from folks who don't understand what is in it.

Got that right and just more blah blah by Romney and others. Nafta people Nafta.

AP-I'm a libertarian

In the libertarian model the strongest have all the power, this means that the corporations will rule all with no one to rein them in.

It would be just like some of the futuristic movies where the corporations are the government.

michigan voter --- i think we are about at that point right now.

As a libertarian Larry, does this mean you are going to vote for Perry to lead us to the rapture with his Army of God. Do libertarians believe that the church should take over the government like Perry?

Really Paul wants to go back to the 1900's when they took months to burn the dead. What the heck free alcohol to dull the pain.

Being we don't want to aid disasters here in America, any disasters in the rest of the world and people can just starve or die from thirst. You libertarians are all heart.

I like that he want to end the wars, but they are ending anyway despite republican opposition. I hear a lot about GITMO still being open and how it is Obama's fault when the republicans voted to keep it open.

Ending the Drug wars, will save our country incredible amounts of money. Then tax the drug sales for new revenue. Then use part of the tax money to treat addicts and support AA, NA and their many great programs already in place.

The rest of the ideals I have heard I can just do without. Libertarians sound like they would stab Jesus in the back because they are against helping the poor or even those caught in a disaster.

Come to think of it, wouldn't Somalia be a libertarian paradise? I mean no pesky government interfering with the rights of the individual.

So then everyone respects the rights of others and get along. The business people make lots of money and everyone is happy. Uhhhh, right?

Hidy Ho, it's the pirates life for me. :)

D winmill

thanks for reminding us of just how much Obama has further pushed to destroy this country, lead us further into socialism, and continue the path of govt that refuses to follow the Constitution.

Larry, this is why the Tea party is irrelevant. Clean air, clean water, education are "destroy" ing this country"??

d winmill you forgot the one accomplishment America wants to see:

91. I am resigning as POTUS for the good of the country.

Nice list. The Rethuglicans are going all out to make sure Obama "fails," but it hasn't worked all that well so far.

Meanwhile, Mutt Romney's "plan" is just the same old Rethuglican boiler plate: cut taxes for corporations and rich cats like himself, do away with all government regulations of "bizniss," and destroy workers' rights. In other words, back to Dubya. I don't think people haven't people are so stupid that they already have forgotten that this combination of "solutions" got us in the current mess. We need a programs to create jobs, even if it means further borrowing, to get people back to buying cars, houses, and other consumer goods needed to get the economy moving ahead.

Same old tired ideals meant for an economy over 50 years ago. You people are all stuck in a time warp. All countries governments reach an end. This is our time. Both party's are totally corrupted beyond repair and bouncing back and forth between them is completely futile. We either start another party or get another governmental structure that contains both party's like term limits, a balanced budget amendment and replacement of the Federal Reserve.

We should start by electing 35% Independents and Libertarians just so neither party has a majority in anything. At that point they are on the sidelines and all their lobby's are in the back seat. Only then can we enact some real change.

Did you just put as an accomplishment that Obama "announced his intention to push for energy reform"

What the heck is that? A lot of people announce a lot of things and do nothing or do it badly.

I mean half of your list is that he started doing something about something. Not that he actually did anything.

Brent

At least he started to do things. Way ahead of the GOP.

you left out the failures...which would be how many trillions....oh well...both party's suck...corruption from corporate america...most people ain't figured it out yet...oh well...

Oh well?!

That is why we are in a mess.

Neither the GOP or the Dems have a plan, other than hand over our democracy to the corporations.